Chapter 663: Adapting to the Great Deviation of the Path
If the other celestial officials of the Adaptation Path had not been incompetent, the Adaptation Path might have undergone a change of leadership.
——The current situation of the Lord of Scales and Feathers is actually not much better than that of the Supreme Heaven back then.
Back then, people gradually developed political order from a primitive state. From primitive power to authority... even the Giant King himself began to deviate.
The same goes for the Lord of Scales and Feathers.
When the special environment brought about by the Supreme Heaven and the Beast Lord completely ended, the definition of the adaptation path of the new era deviated.
But even the Lord of Scales and Feathers would not come over and say, "You have misunderstood these professions."
The profession has been born, and how to ultimately understand and use it is the business of those extraordinary people in the material world.
Even the Eternal Church, which has a deeper understanding of the Nine Pillars, has such an understanding... Then in other places, this "misunderstanding" is probably even deeper.
When everyone recognizes this, the definition of the path will also change. The dream world will affect the material world, and the material world will also affect the dream world - the fact that Yan Tiansi can be influenced by the dwarves and become stronger is a proof of this.
The original concept of the Flame God was about fire and casting. Using flames to forge metals to transform minerals into "tools" and "weapons" was one of the first powers humans gained from fire.
But later, with the development of civilization, "flame" could do more and more things.
Today, Yan Tiansi has gradually become associated with concepts like "production" and "factory," and her power has naturally grown. This is the process of changing the definition of paths and professions through narrative modification—just as when people need a blacksmith to forge tools, the blacksmith is the creator of the tools; but when people need a blacksmith to forge weapons, they become the provider of the weapons.
When the Flame Celestial Master's conception of "factory" and "steam" gradually expands to encompass "machinery," she can no longer be called "Flame Celestial Master." At that point, she might become "Mechanical Celestial Master." And if she expands into the realm of warfare through her role as "creator of guns and swords," she could even reach the realm of authority.
In a sense, what the Lord of Scales and Feathers did was exactly the same thing. The nature of these two things is the same.
The only difference is that what Flame Tiansi absorbed was the power of other Tiansi, while what Scale and Feather Lord absorbed was the power of other pillar gods.
The Lord of Scales and Feathers did indeed cause damage to the other Pillar Gods - even if it was only insignificant.
"Besides this, there is another reason. It's because of the Theocracy's special circumstances..."
Sizhu whispered softly to Aiwass.
Like a mother or a grandmother, she patiently explained what had just happened to her child who suddenly felt disliked and aggrieved - even though Aiwass was not disliked and did not feel aggrieved.
This reason made Aiwas fully understand why these cardinals were anxious.
——Just like "controlled fire" can cause unrest in the church.
Ultimately, it is a conflict between inheritors and professionals.
Many elves are proud of being the inheritors.
Elves are a race that has few children but lives for eternity. An excellent inheritance is very likely to come from thousands of years ago. The more immortal a person is, the more proud this long history is.
In a traditional elven family, if a descendant chooses the path of a professional, it is easy to conflict with the elders. The broken inheritance will become a secret lineage, which also means the disappearance of the "family name", which is something they are proud of.
Through the inheritance of surnames, one can trace back two thousand, three thousand, or even more years. The most glorious of these are the ancient inheritances that existed at the beginning of the elves, or even before the elves were born.
Most of these traditions have now become tantras, which, in the eyes of the elves, are considered to be "corpses of traditions." Only traditions that have never been broken are "alive."
But the successor does increase the risk of amber condensation - even the cardinals gathered here now have different views on "amber condensation" and "inheritance". Not to mention the elven commoners.
Therefore, it is not a big deal that those original professionals suddenly become "warriors".
The real problem lies with the inheritors - and it is precisely these conservatives who are the ones who easily align with the warriors' desire to protect and fight.
In other words, after this night, most of the conservative elves suddenly woke up and found that they had suddenly become professionals.
This will undoubtedly trigger a fierce conflict covering the entire Theocracy—
This is also the reason why these cardinals gathered together to discuss.
They had originally planned to summon the Pillar Gods to themselves to focus on discussing this matter, but Aiwass arrived too early, and he arrived before their discussion even began.
From this perspective, what they said is quite right.
The original "Tree and Amber Disaster" has indeed become the "Star Disaster" -
The civil war among the elves is now almost on the verge of breaking out and cannot be contained.
The only good news is... at least this war will not spread upwards to the Pillar God level for the time being and become a new war of the Dao.
Because of the Lord of Scales and Feathers' plan, the path of authority is the most dangerous, followed by the path of dedication.
The Silver Crown Dragon had already discussed this with the Lord of Scales and Feathers in advance - this was part of the deal.
After all, the Silver Crown Dragon had finally become a complete Pillar God, and even if he gave away some of his power, it would still be much stronger than before. Si Zhu, seemingly having a good temper, didn't intend to cause trouble for the Scale-Feather Lord over this matter.
As for the sand clock that usually appears at this time, since the old man didn't show up, it means that he doesn't intend to care about it.
Wei Zhe, who also wasn't present, naturally wouldn't object—not to mention that "wisdom" and "power" are opposites, just like Wei Zhe and Supreme Heaven are two sides of the same coin. A strange "mage turning into a warrior" situation was essentially impossible. Besides, he still owed Aiwass a favor, so he wasn't likely to suddenly attack.
As for Twin Mirror and Hengwo—Aiwass didn't understand why they came down. Maybe they were just here to get close.
After all, I heard that Hengwo, when he was a mortal, also revered the Twin Mirror. "Love" and "beauty" are two sides of the same coin.
As for amber...
Perhaps it was because Cardinal Matilda, who had made a contract with Kohaku, was away. Or perhaps it was because Kohaku was too lazy to care about such matters, so Kohaku didn't show up either.
The only one who seemed to have an objection to this was Snake Father.
Or rather, it seems that the Snake Father had a problem with the Lord of Scales and Feathers a long time ago—
Cardinal Cyril, who always smiled gently, now looked cold.
"As expected of the God of Scale and Feather Stealing..."
The snake father said calmly, "You stole something new with a clear conscience. You are still the same as always."
"This is how the weak adapt. If you don't understand, you don't have to keep silent."
The Lord of Scales and Feathers returned to the surface of Aiwass again, staring at the Snake Father with his dark green pupils.
He sneered, “After all, you won’t be able to fly for much longer, our great and powerful one.
"What else could be above you?
"The wall of dusk, the cage of error—
"Do you really want to touch it?"
Although there was hostility in his words, the Lord of Scales and Feathers seemed to have some concern in his words.
For a moment, Aiwass couldn't tell whether their relationship was good or bad.
But the snake father answered without hesitation: "I will go beyond the wall.
"That is my destiny—even if there is nothing behind it, even if I am shattered to pieces.
"This is the fate of those who transcend."
"Oh, fate. Destiny. Oh..."
The Lord of Scales and Feathers sneered and made no comment.
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